Provides support and consultation for students, faculty, and staff on a variety of digital technology needs, including pedagogical consultations, instructional design, course projects, lesson plans, technology instruction/resources, and digital scholarship. Guides and trains faculty, students, and academic staff on teaching/learning technologies. Promotes Educational Technology Services (ETS) initiatives and technology adoption on campus while researching emerging technology and best practices. This is an on-campus, in person position.

Partners with faculty and staff to effectively integrate technology into their teaching and administrative workflows. Provides faculty with support for classes that involve technology projects, including one-on-one pedagogical consultations (e.g. assignment design, lesson plans), group training, technology instruction/resources, and digital scholarship. Researches, evaluates, and learns emerging technologies and leads faculty workshops/sessions on various topics for support and/or professional development. Contributes to vision and strategy by implementing ETS initiatives and cross-campus projects, including supporting student, faculty, and academic staff members’ digital fluency along with LMS adoption, Artificial Intelligence, and Open Education Resources, and other topics relevant to Denison’s strategic planning. Serves as an academic technology specialist and provides creative solutions for discipline-specific needs. Performs other duties as assigned.

Position requires teaching and learning broadly across the campus in direct support of the mission, pedagogical problem-solving, working backwards from a learning goal to find and develop solutions, curiosity, often thinking outside the box, creativity and design thinking, taking into account a faculty member’s teaching style, academic subject, and students’ year.

Minimum qualifications

• Required: Bachelor’s degree that includes courses in a wide range of disciplines or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Required: Certificate/High level knowledge of technologies supported
• Required: 4-7 years of experience in teaching/curricular design incorporating significant pedagogical technology usage; instructional design; instructional technology

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred: Master’s degree in instructional technology, instructional design, education, or a related field.
• Preferred: 8-10 years of experience in teaching/curricular design incorporating significant pedagogical technology usage; instructional design; instructional technology

Apply by November 5, 2025 for full consideration.

Location: This is an on-site position located on Denison’s campus in Granville, Ohio.

Salary range: $76,000 – $80,000

Candidate should demonstrate: an openness to learning new tools and methods, even if it involves making mistakes along the way, a resilient and flexible approach to solving problems by working with diverse stakeholders, and an ability to cultivate a supportive, inclusive, and team-based environment. Ideal candidates will demonstrate cross-disciplinary interests and knowledge and will be passionate about preparing our students and the Denison community to meet current and future technical and techno-social challenges.

Responsibilities:

• Partners with faculty and staff to effectively integrate technology into their teaching and administrative workflows. Provides faculty with support for classes that involve technology projects, including one-on-one pedagogical consultations (e.g. assignment design, lesson plans), group training, technology instruction/resources, and digital scholarship.
• Researches, evaluates, and learns emerging technologies and leads faculty workshops/sessions on various topics for support and/or professional development.
• Contributes to vision and strategy by implementing ETS initiatives and cross-campus projects, including supporting student, faculty, and academic staff members’ digital fluency along with LMS adoption, Artificial Intelligence, and Open Education Resources, and other topics relevant to Denison’s strategic planning.
• Serves as an academic technology specialist and provides creative solutions for discipline-specific needs.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Key Attributes and level:

• Analytical Thinking: Ability to identify issues, obtain relevant information, analyze and compare data from different sources, and identify alternative solutions. (Expert)
• Critical Thinking: Ability to interpret and seek information, use independent reasoning to diagnose the root cause of situations or issues, identify and test solutions and think beyond what is typical or customary. Use information to determine benefits and impact in making decisions and/or recommendations. (Expert)
• Project/Program/Service Management: Ability to coordinate and administer programs/project activities and protocols. Ability to manage resources, monitor activities, and assess risks and quality issues associated with the program/project. (Intermediate)
• Written and Oral Communications: Ability to present information to individuals or groups; ability to deliver presentations suited to the characteristics and needs of the audience. Ability to convey information clearly and concisely to groups or individuals either verbally or inwriting to ensure that they understand the information and the message. Ability to listen and respond appropriately to others. Ability to impact and influence others to further the institution’s strategic objectives. (Expert)
• Technical, Computer, and Software Skills: Ability to use Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), Google Suite, basic databases, and software. Familiarity with technology in the classroom, including computers, projectors, and software, to support teaching. (Expert)
• Support for High Level Pedagogical Application of Technologies: Could include, for example, Digital Storytelling, Digital Scholarship/Digital Humanities, Language/Text Analysis, Digital Mapping/Data Visualization, Game Design/Gamification, 3D Modeling/Animation, Artificial Intelligence, Open Education Resources (Expert)
• Support for Intermediate Pedagogical Application of Technologies: Learning management systems, multimedia/video and audio production & editing, remote-hybrid teaching/training (Intermediate)

Job Scope

• Decision-Making | Decisions have significant, broad implications for the management and operations of a division. Contributes to decisions on overall strategy and direction of technology, learning and innovation at the institution.
• Problem Solving | Problems are highly varied, complex, and often non-recurring; may require novel and creative approaches to resolution. New concepts and approaches may have to be developed.
• Independence of Action | Results are not always clearly defined; incumbent sets goals with supervisor and determines how to accomplish results; precedents may exist.

In addition to online application, applicants must submit:

• Cover Letter/Letter of Application
• Resume
• List of 3 Professional References and Contact Information
• Submit a sample of written or visual materials you have created (e.g., workshop presentation, instructional guide, etc.).

About Denison University

About Organization

Denison University is an independent, coeducational, residential college of liberal arts and sciences. Founded in 1831, Denison is one of the earliest colleges to be established in the old "Northwest Territory,"​ west of the Allegheny Mountains and north of the Ohio River. Denison University is a leading liberal arts college where faculty and students collaborate in research, civic engagement, & cultivation of independent thinking. As a leader among the nation's top residential liberal arts colleges, Denison has earned a reputation for academic rigor that is rivaled only by its commitment to preparing students for a lifetime of personal, professional and civic success.